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H/9/1944-2.

beans, beets, egg plant, kale, lettuce, onions,
parsnips, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
rhubarb, salisify, squash, doy beans, tomatoes and
turnips, apples, grapes, pears, peaches, plums and
rasps. Flowers came from The Cedars and Edgewood,
and we wouldn't want a fall meeting without a
specimen of the hansome Franklinia from Clermont.

The matter of beautifying Sandy Spring was
discussed and tabled.

Mary Reading Miller was appointed chairman
of her own commitee to study desirable sites for
a tree planting memorial to Mary Stabler and
Richard Iddings.

Our meteorologist reported 3 showers at
Falling Green, 7 at Sunnyside, and 2 droughts
everywhere around here. Surely her presence as
meteorologist will insure the late crop of peas
at Falling Green.

Mention was made of Ethel Thomas's over 9 ft.
tall sunflowers, one stalk bearing 33 blossoms.
Lofton Wesley got some good advice for his
strawberry bed.

What shall replace the pines on the Hills' side
to prevent washing? Black locust semmed the best
recommendation.

There were two strongly dissenting noes over
the proposed adjournment until Spring.

Informal horticultural talk continued while
supper was enjoyed on the lovely veranda.
Isabel Wesley, secy